A "light" banquet...
with a striking Art Deco table lamp signed A. Marionette, serving
as the hors d'oeuvre, at 7 o'clock, followed (clockwise) by a
pair of Muller vanity lamps, then a handsome Degue domed lamp,
a small red and orange Czech lamp, another Degue table lamp (behind
the enameled vase), a stunning pair of double-lighted Modernist
table lamps, a Secessionist table lamp, and finally a pink acid-etched
ball/conical shade table lamp. In the center, a tall Modernist
glass vase by Simonet Freres, a pewter vase by R. Silofeux, an
enamelled Art Nouveau vase.
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On the sideboard, from left to
right -- a tall bronze by H. LeVasseur, a two-color Czech decanter
set with carved grapes and leaves, a pair of tall Art Nouveau
enamelled vases, a pair of Art Nouveau pewter candleabra, a pair
of Belgian Keramis vases, a hand-wrought iron snake lamp with
an art glass shade, and finally, a beautifully decorated West
German tall vase. The wrought iron mirror above the sideboard
is available as well.
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Note the wonderful oval mirror
in wrought iron frame on the wall to the left... and the handsome
clock in the section below the drawers...
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The wrought iron lamp to the left
is one of my all-time favorites, with a rich art glass shade
in the manner of Czechosolakian glass. The clock behind, by Jaz,
in rosewood. The box, signed WMF, nickle-plated and Modernist...the
vase, unsigned but one of the best I've had in years... the wrought
iron lamp on the right with a dazzling Muller shade...
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This was once the display section
of the Argenterie, and was probably the home of immense
silver bowls and platters. Now, it holds various Art Nouveau
and Deco items, including (from the top left): a pewter Art Nouveau
basket with original glass insert, a marble Dep clock, an Art
Nouveau "lady inkwell," a pair of WMF decanters, a
German ceramic vase, a pair of Art Nouveau glass vases on metal
bases, and (on the bottom, from left to right): an opalescent
fish, a bronze man on marble, sculpted in the rough-hewn Rodin
fashion, a pair of sterling Art Nouveau vases, a carpathian cigarette
box, an Art Deco aluminum bulbous vase.
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Two "world class" nickled
three-light lamps with Schneider shades, a Keramis vase, a marble
clock with cats on the sides looking up at a pair of lovebirds
on top!
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A uniquely shaped highly wheel-cut
mirror (no chips!), most decorative... a pair of signed table
torchieres, with a dramatic opalescent bowl in the center...
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A "monumental" Schneider
etched vase (about 15 inches tall) in the rear, with an Art Nouveau
inkwell on the left, opposed by an Art Deco figurine on the right
(Miss Timid). The vase in the front is Schneider, with a handsome
geometry and shape evocative of Native American basketry.
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The Modernist blue vase on the
bottom is acid-etched and signed Daum. On the tabletop, a large
bowl by Murano, nearly 14 inches high! On the right, an occasional
table with inlaid top, and a Modernist rosewood and chromed metal
tray with cocktail set.
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On the left, an oil painting signed
and dated 1900, with a decidedly impressionistic ambiance, in
its original period frame. The lamp of course is American, by
Bradley and Hubbard. The tall statue on the right, signed Martaus,
impresses me as worthy of a fine, high-style Art Deco collection.
The little bronze mouse-with-ball at her foot thinks so too.
"Squeak!"
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A pair of all-geometric small table
lamps flank a positively wonderful vase by Andre Hunebelle, with
three fish gracing its curiously organic shape. The tray on the
left is by Longwy.
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This is doubtless how carriage
traffic traversed the Alps "way back when..." pre-autoroute.
Carved from a single piece of wood, with amazing dimensionality,
in a solid walnut frame, signed by the artist L. Philibert Gourat.
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By the same artist, "Perouges,
L'eglise et forteresse." These carvings measure about 16
wide, a foot tall.
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A super high-quality snake lamp.
Look at that precious little venonous head! A magnificently colored
hand-blown art glass shade graces this hand-wrought jewel of
a lamp, which stands 17 1/2 inches tall.
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